Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I seem to be numbering things a bit differently to the other PAWers... my >week 3 shot over here: > > http://www.mabot.com/paw02/wk3-0201-1025.html > >I spent friday afternoon and saturday morning in a few shopping malls, my >first real attempt at street photography. (I'm not brave enough to try real >streets here, but that's another discussion.) > >Mostly I was just trying to get over sticking a camera in people's faces. >Only one person objected (at a distance,) one asked what I was up to, one >asked to have her picture taken (and emailed to her.) Only one security >guard objected, when I was hanging around getting an address from the woman >who asked, but he wasn't seroius and he belonged to a shop not the centre in >any case. > >These were all with an SLR and 50/1.4 on cheap 400 colour print film, mostly >1/60 at f/2.8. I soon gave up on adjusting for bright and dark regions, the >film seemed to handle it fine. Focusing fast enough is pretty hard, >especially close in. > >Comments would be appreciated. > >Michael Mike, I think you have made a great start. Time to get brave and out on the street ;-) The first larger image is quite intriguing. You have made a good "universal" image, by making anyone who looks at the image question what the subjects are thinking. 8/10 Number 2 is ordinary - Ok we all want to take images of attractive members of the opposite sex, but the effect of "grabbing" images usually disappoints --- I suggest this through constant personal failure, but perhaps I've missed something in this shot. 3/10, Three: again I cant see the purpose, beyond building up your experience, and facing "people" head on, but better than 2, so 5/10. Number four is better, but no cigar. You have concentrated on the subject and story again, but for me, the story was limited. 6/10. Remember, my thoughts only. I think you have made a brave start. Cheers and here's luck - -- Alastair Firkin http://www.afirkin.com The Family of Man 2 Exhibit for Year one is now showing: http://users.netconnect.com.au/~firkin/FOM2%20Folder/YearOneExhibit/YearOne.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html